Podcast: The Internet Monthly – February 2009

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The Internet Monthly is a monthly podcast featuring 20 or so short Internet related articles, tips and tricks and a regular search engine of the month feature.

This month we hear about comparison shopping by barcode, pay-as-you-drive car insurance, a film certificate style rating system for websites, how to delve deeper than Google for up to date search results and the talking search engine that works in your car.

There’s information about getting the BBC iPlayer working on your TV and how to stream and share live video online from your mobile phone, plus where to get all your social media activities in one place and places to go when you want to get out of the city.

This podcast is derived from a monthly newsletter published by Zen Internet and recorded and produced by Silicon Bay. The podcast is reproduced by kind permission of Zen Internet.

This Month’s Podcast

The Internet Monthly – February 2009:

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This Month’s Articles

This month’s edition of The Internet Monthly podcast contains the following articles. A list of links associated with each article are included for reference:

OUTING EXTRA CHARGES – Ofcom guidelines protect consumers from unfair telecoms charges
- www.which.co.uk/news/2008/12/clamp-down-on-unfair-phone-and-broadband-fees-165284.jsp
YOUR SITE IS RATED PG – Film style ratings for websites
- www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/
- blogs.ft.com/techblog/2008/12/uk-culture-minister-kidnapped-in-online-protest-at-net-ratings-plan/
NEED TO KNOW – Information that search engines keep about you
- www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Microsoft-Zero-Data-Retention-Not-Possible-to-Keep-Search-Engines-Viable/
- sp.uk.ask.com/en/docs/about/askeraser.shtml
GOOGLE STREET VIEW UK – Google maps to launch UK street view
- www.itpro.co.uk/609417/google-street-view-uk-to-get-spring-release-date
GUERRILLA MAPMAKERS – Copyright free maps
SEARCH AND DRIVE – Search the internet from your car
PAY-AS-YOU-DRIVE CAR INSURANCE – Only pay for car insurance when you actually need it
- www.coverbox.co.uk
NATURAL ENGLAND – One stop shop for the English countryside
- www.naturalengland.org.uk
RURAL RECEPTION – Internet TV for “The Good Life”
- www.countrychannel.tv
BOXEE – Home social media centre
- www.boxee.tv
- me.dm/blog/2009/01/new-boxee-beta-brings-bbc-iplayer-support.php
TV TO WEB TRANSITION – Internet from your TV
- www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/14/AR2009011403375.html
EMBEDR – Embed different video formats into your website
- embedr.com
QIK – Share your mobile phone videos online
- www.qik.com
POWER TO THE PEOPLE – Combine your social media presence into one place
BORROW THE BARCODE – Shopping comparison from your phone
- compare-everywhere.com
PHONE SHOPPER FIRST – iPhone specific shopping comparison website
- www.twenga.co.uk/iphone/
THE RESULTS GOOGLE CAN’T FIND – Extended search in the deep web
LAST YEAR IN SEARCH – Summary of a year in search
SEARCH ENGINE OF THE MONTH – A search engine with a split pane graphical view
- www.melzoo.com

This podcast is sponsored and reproduced by kind permission of Zen Internet Limited. The music on the podcast was provided courtesy of Will Tang.